GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would remove some eminent domain powers granted by the 2011 Legislature. Senate Bill 180 would repeal the authority of a public … more

  DECATUR, Texas — Investigators from three Colorado police agencies rushed to Texas to determine if a man identified as a parolee, who was critically wounded by Texas police after a … more

BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials anticipate finishing by late 2014 a risk study to guide the cleanup of an asbestos-contaminated Montana mining town, after a panel of scientists backed draft … more

COLSTRIP, Mont. — David Borntreger and his family moved from Missouri to a remote corner of southeastern Montana in 1997 to escape the increasing pressures of the modern world. Borntreger, his … more

DENVER — A federal judge is reversing a 1995 policy and ordering the Bureau of Land Management to disclose who nominates parcels for the federal government to be leased for oil and gas … more

BILLINGS, Mont. — An estimated 5,000 gallons of a chemical used to deice roads spilled into the Clarks Fork River, killing dozens of fish, after a semitrailer crash Monday near the Montana-Wyoming … more

MONUMENT, Colo. — The executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections was shot and killed when he answered the front door of his house, and police are searching for the gunman and … more

The towering giant sequoias at Yosemite National Park would go unprotected from visitors who might trample their shallow roots. At Cape Cod National Seashore, large sections of the Great Beach would … more

DENVER — Silly rabbits. Parking companies at Denver International Airport are installing bunny blockers in an effort to prevent the furry creatures from damaging cars by eating spark plug cables … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Almost all of the air pollution in a rural corner of Utah comes from oil and gas drilling and a coal-fired power plant, leading scientists to believe those emissions are … more